 infobox country native_name concatenated cantons of perrenland common_name perrenland image_coat coat_perrenland gif image_map capital schwartzenbruin major_cities krestible traft provinces eight cantons resources copper foodstuffs fish dairy mercenaries languages common spaenhah bezirsh dwarven government_type independant parlimentary republic leader_title voormann leader_name karenin citizen perrenlander population 435 200 demographics human human ofsb dwarf dwarf mountain halfling elf gnome half-elf half-orc dwarf dwarf hill demographic_numbers 343 800 31 300 26 100 13 100 8 700 4 400 4 400 3 500 religions allitur ulaa zilchus berei pelor beory st cuthbert alignment ln n lg platinum grossmark gold mark electrum hafmark silver kleinmark copper pfennig allies none only trading partners enemies knights of the hart tiger nomads iuz country iuz footnotes culture fiercely independent the citizens of perrenland cemented their rebellious natures in their forcing of self-rule from the grasp of furyondy while aggressive they are also fiercely loyal beliving that once an oath is taken it cannot be revoked without severe consequence this is seen in the tradition of a blood feud an oath made between two people who hold such dire hatred for one another that they swear to seek the death of one another an oath that cannot be broken until one side or the other does in fact perish the chief religion in perrenland is an organization known as the old church a shared worship of 8 flan gods; allitur beory berei obad-hai nerull pelor rao and zodal religion in perrenland is fairly subdued with the old church being relatively powerless politically for its station and general worship having been on the decline for the last few decades participation in the old church is done in a single great building known as a gru8c3b4t-godshuis or great temple this church sees as its chief responsibilities 6 duties prevent sickness heal the ailing educate the people feed the needy support the family and comfort sorrow perrenlanders are a practical people however well-possessing of the ability to put aside passions when a more important matter surfaces that requires greater attention these passions do present themselves much more greatly in perrenlanders than in citizens of other nations; while others may brood over differences of opinions perrenlanders usually resolve such problems with a harshly-worded argument or good fistfight for example the art of the sku8c3a2mtu8c3a8guler or shame crier is a good example of this the sku8c3a2mtu8c3a8guler is a woman agreed by all involved to be protected from harm or risk severe dishonor who stands at the sidelines of a battle casting insults and epithets at her clanmates and cheering on the opponent the intent is to raise the ire of ones fellow clan-members and bring them in their anger to victory today they are also usually the clan clan's greatest strategists using her vituperations to let her fellows know when they are ruining her tactics and making the most dangerous threats well apparent with her words of encouragement to outsiders perrenlanders are seen as frontier sorts the sort of people who most would be quite willing to do their fighting for them geography perrenland perrenland's eight cantons take up most of the area contained between the yatil mountains and lake quag its border sweeps south from the mounds of dawn to krestible and the upper waters of the velverdyva turning north to include the western clatspurs and most of the sepia uplands north of traft the country also claims possession of lake quag although it is unable to hold the lake lake's northern shore against the forces of the wolf nomads wolf and tiger nomads the lake is heavily trafficked throughout the year including the nomadic rhennee gypsies during the summer though the lake lake's surface often freezes in midwinter three wide roads and numerous other small tracks connect the cantons the krestingstrek runs from schwartzenbruin to krestible then to molvar in ket through the wyrm wyrm's tail quag road carries traffic through schwartzenbruin from as far south as highfolk on the southern edge of the vesve then continues north along lake quag into the mounds of dawn ending at exag the high gallery runs through the clatspur ridge from traft crossing a canyon of the velverdyva over an old stone bridge known as the witch witch's hinge until it intersects the quag road military perrenland perrenland's army relatively small compared to some consists of a group of militias supporting a standing medium and heavy infantry force these militia meanwhile consist mainly of pikearm- and polearm-bearing mountaineers drawn from the populations of the yatils in the lowland regions such as the canton of schwartzenbruin one can find forces of crossbowmen and some heavy cavalry while in the cantons of traft and clatspurgen can be found longbowmen and bow-armed cavalry these militias hire themselves out as mercenary bands to neighboring nations making up the country country's chief export and many can be found to include high elves from highfolk serving as scouts or light infantry history the original inhabitants of perrenland were the ur-flannae the fathers of the historical flan peoples it is widely believed that they at one point possessed a vast empire and a high magical culture; this belief is backed up by ruins found across the flanaess in the yatil mountains yatil clatspur mountains clatspur griff mountains griff and raker mountains determined to have a common origin and purpose and thus hinting at an empire based on magical transportation and almost unimaginable resources it is thought be some that this empire in its heights could have been a rival for the suel imperium itself however by the time the flan people entered historical records they possessed no higher lore or ability than simple tribesmen and nomads no attempts at discovering the fate of the ur-flannae have been successful and even the gods are silent on such matters the earliest true history of perrenland dates from the original invasion of the oeridians almost one thousand years ago a people fleeing the wars between the suloise and bakluni they spread from the west across the flanaess and quickly subsumed the flan tribes throughout the continent the lone holdout was located within the yatils and clatspurs where the flan managed to successfully repel the invaders who overran the lowlands the end result was a near-pure flan people in the mountains of the area later to be known as perrenland and oeridian tribes in the feronwold and the lands around schwartzenbruin traft and krestible the only significant oeridian penetration into the mountains occured at the mounds of dawn where the oeridians founded what is today the oldest city in the whole of the flanaess; exag or refuge in old oeridian their first home after fleeing the suel and bakluni as time passed the flan and oeridians slowly developed a mixed culture the two races found they had much in common; at the forefront a strong shared hatred for the suel while the suel imperium imperium had been destroyed several powerful houses escaped founding new nations in the lands to the south and east the flan and oeridians much prefered each other as neighbors than the suel and worked together well enough to deny any suel foothold within the yatils the bakluni though seen as much more reasonable people than the suel and generally honest were seen as an even greater threat due merely to their vast numbers with the bakluni occupying the lands to the north and west the people of perrenland began to feel hedged in and the flan and oeridians worked even more closely together intermixing with and learning from one another as time passed flan raided on flan oeridian raided on oeridian and flan and oeridian raided on each other though usually on peaceful terms about sixty mixed flan oeridian tribes emerged throughout the yatils divided into eight or so clans real unity among the eight clans was rare except when threatened by invasion from without this remained the status quo within the area for many centuries things changed quickly however when about 400 years ago in its growth the great kingdom finally reached the area that would become historical perrenland the empire managed to quickly dominate the region with the years and centuries afterwards marked by near-constant revolt while the local clans lacked the unity to repel aerdy so too did aerdy lack the men and material to consolidate its newfound acquisition perrenland remained a border province many thousands of miles from rauxes the empire empire's capital and it turned its attention to more pressing concerns each spring and summer the empire would send its taxmen and bailiffs out into the clatspurs and yatils to collect dues and each autumn they would retreat to their walled cities while the locals reasserted control as one area was pacified another would rise in revolution their current method failing the empire tried a different tack it wasn't willing to institute a pogrom; such an act would seem too much like the ancient suel even to their own eyes instead it conscripted local tribesmen to fight the other enemies of the aerdy such as the western bakluni or the other indpeendant oeridian tribes ferrond the local administrative capital for the empire was in dire need of troops and was a particular proponent of this policy the people of perrenland would be well-paid and in exchange they would become more willing to settle down and become good citizens of the empire this plan however didn't work exactly as expected by the empire; while the citizens of the area later known as perrenland did rein in their revolts they learned from their training the need for coordination and unity if any attempt at revolution were to succeed by 254 cy the viceroyalty of ferrond had itself rebeled from aerdy becoming the kingdom of furyondy though fair and reasonable rulers the citizens of the yatils still wished to be returned the right of self-rule more time passed and c 320 cy the clans gained their opportunity the relentless horde a vast migration of bakluni horsemen appeared threatening the entire north and west of the flanaess the more settled forces moved to meet the invaders including furyondy and taking the chance all of perrenland rose in an essentially peaceful revolution the royal garrisons of furyondy were expelled and bailiffs ejected even the death of the relentless horde horde 's leader and division into two disparate nations c 345 cy wasn't enough to allow furyondy the attention that would be needed to subdue this revolt this rebellion was led by a charismatic schwartzenbruin local by the name of perren who used his training as a mercenary soldier of furyondy well he met with his furyondy furyondian counterparts in 351 cy and explained the desires of he and his people; the right to elect its own leaders and to govern its own house the rebellion was a success with the clans electing perren as their first voormann and within a year furyondy acknowledged his title and the sovereignty of his nation knowing the need for continued unity if this new country were to survive perren instituted a canton system throughout the yatils and clatspurs under this system the clans elected local canton leaders and these leaders in turn met in a body under a popularly-elected voormann based in schwartzenbruin the largest town of the region the cantons were based along the natural boundaries that then divided the clans and tribes ensuring all views were represented fairly this system provided the people of the yatils and clatspurs the freedoms they desired yet ensured a collective response to outsiders so successful was this system that it survived perren 's death and exists to this day and so grateful were perren 's people that upon his death c 400 cy the regions covered by the cantons were renamed after him - perrenland the country was able to keep its freedom for many years until the appearance of a new threat in 480 cy the archmage iggwilv and her armies of humanoid forces enslaved perrenland and bent the realm to her will her reign of terror persisted from 481 through 491 cy as the nation nation's wealth was looted and banditry and piracy spread finally the archmage outreached herself and was brought low by the demon prince graz'zt who she had failed to subdue once iggwilv 's defeat was final the people of perrenland once again rose up destroying their one-time oppressors upon the death of their foul queen though managing to repel iggwilv the nation spent much recovering from her rule including a two-year famine that followed her death it has indeed recovered but it has retained a deep-seated fear of the witch queen as well as a burning hatred for the demon prince that she bore iuz though he himself disappeared not long after his mother mother's death in the year 505 cy perrenland still engages in constant conflict with the lands he once ruled to the east working to repel his former forces and remove cities from the harsh and violent rule of his successors 